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[ad_1] DhHAKA: Dozens of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea for weeks were relocated to a controversial flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladeshi officials said Monday (May 4). Last year, Bangladesh built 100,000-person facilities on Bhashan Char, a cyclone-prone muddy islet in the coastal belt, saying they needed to …

[ad_1] When Indonesia looked for new ways to finance government spending on coronavirus relief last month, the world’s fourth most populous nation focused on an engine of the economy that was still healthy: the Internet. “We decided to tax digital companies with an electronic transaction tax because their sales skyrocketed …

[ad_1] HONG KONG, May 4 (China Daily / ANN) – The return of lawlessness and violence to the streets of Hong Kong during the Labor Day holiday has drawn widespread criticism and spread concern throughout the city. The four-day holiday, which began Thursday, has seen crowds of protesters clash with …

[ad_1] In return, China pledged to buy, for two years, at least $ 200 billion more in American goods and services than in 2017, including about $ 40 billion in agricultural products. At the town hall on Sunday night, Trump also addressed the question about the origin of the coronavirus, …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: With Singapore entering a recession that is long and intense, the road to Malaysia’s recovery will be difficult as the two countries are like economic Siamese twins. The island republic is seeing its worst recession in recent memory, as its trade and investment, the lifeblood of an …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday there was “a significant amount of evidence” that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory, but did not question the conclusion by US intelligence agencies that it was not done. by man. “There is a significant amount of …

[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – Tired of Europe’s longest coronavirus blockade, Italians have circulated in their diaries on Monday for a month since Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte first suggested that it could be the date that life returned to be almost normal. Now his enthusiasm is muted by the knowledge that …

[ad_1] BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Ministry of Health (MoH) will launch a national survey starting Monday (May 4) to extend Covid-19 (coronavirus) surveillance among Brunei citizens and residents. The survey, which will take place over a week, is open to anyone who visits the selected health centers where the survey …

[ad_1] COX BAZAR, Bangladesh / BANGKOK (Reuters) – Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February would be his ticket to a camp in Bangladesh for a better life in Malaysia. Instead, the trip almost killed him. The 20-year-old was among nearly 400 survivors pulled out …

[ad_1] HAIKOU: Garbage in exchange for goods? What seems impossible now becomes a reality thanks to a recently established “waste bank” in southern China’s Hainan province. Wang Xiaochun and her husband, tourists from northwest China’s Uygur Xinjiang Autonomous Region, experienced how the “waste bank” works at Mulan Bay in Wenchang …